Congrats everyone who’s gotten accepted so far! I submitted the essay 3/1 and have been waiting to hear back.
Hopefully this week…
@mathymagee I had the same exact experience and spoke to an admissions officer today. She told me that we wouldn’t necessarily have to wait as long as the people who apply by the deadline, and that there is a good possibility that we will get a decision by June 1st (the day of the deadline for regular decisions). I did tell her that the UC’s that I got accepted to require me to make a commitment by June 1st. She then suggested that I email the admissions department so that they could expedite my application decision to August 25. She said that by doing this the email gets sent to a head admissions officer. Usually it is said to take 4-6 or 6-8 weeks (I don’t remember exactly which it is) from when you submit your application. I know that August 25 is still quite a wait but I know that last year people in the thread received their application in June 15 when they applied for regular decisions, so if by chance we can get a decision by May 25 that is much better than waiting. I hope this helped.
@elleko15 Thanks for the info!! Fingers crossed we get a decision by June 1st!!
Wow I just got a request for interview. Sounds like a make or break moment.
@brooklyngal16 I’m really hoping tomorrow is our day. If I don’t hear by Friday I’m going to have to figure out what the plan is. I got in to Fordham so I’m looking at just going there…idk. Would be a bummer to set up classes and then get an acceptance letter from GS but these are unprecedented times! Good luck hang in there!
@TousanSetsubi when did you submit your application?
March 1st. I talked about how I used my ability to predict political events to profit in the market and send them a list of predictions I made a couple of weeks ago. Maybe the admission would like to learn more about it.
@Trevdog333 aw thanks for the encouragement! I have a coveted Yale interview on Thursday and that’s my first choice (And much better financial aid!!) but I wanted Columbia to be my backup and it would still be an amazing opportunity. Plus I live in nyc already, haha. I hope we find out this week by June 1st as they said - I’m tired of all the anxiety involved in applying to the Ivys!! Good luck to you too!
+1. Really not sure what to do if we aren’t hearing back by Friday May 1st.
@0x0001 wow that’s what I meant - May 1st. I’m losing my mind during this shutdown… each day and week blends into the next.
@brooklyngal16 well… another day passed and no update :neutral: Three more days! Fingers crossed…
Is it a good or bad sign that we haven’t heard anything yet? In past threads were there many acceptances on May 1st, lots of rejections or a mixture of both?
anyone heard back today?
I JUST GOT ACCEPTED! I am in disbelief. I checked my portal and only saw the update - I didn’t even get an email
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Yooo I got in!!! They sent me an email at 2:23pm PST 
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@0x0001 Omg congrats!!! What are you hoping to study?
Does anyone here live in nyc already?
@brooklyngal16 Probably CS! How about you?
ACCEPTED!
I got in, too!
@spark4654 congrats! When did you get your email?
@0x0001 Cool! Im hoping to study economics-political science and minor in environmental studies.